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Election 1994 Results

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1994 Iowa governor election

Terry E. Branstad (Republican) beat Bonnie J. Campbell (Democrat) in Iowa in 1994, 56.8% to 41.6%, a margin of 15.2 points and 151,942 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when Terry E. Branstad also won.

Republicans led in 95 of the 99 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Polk, cast 130,304 votes and went to the Republican by 4.7 points. The closest was Boone, where 37 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Terry E. Branstad won Republican 566,395 56.8%
Bonnie J. Campbell Democratic 414,453 41.6%
All other candidates 16,400 1.6%
Total997,248

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 61,161 46.9% 67,229 51.6% 1,914 130,304 R+4.7
Linn 27,976 44.4% 34,081 54.1% 958 63,015 R+9.7
Scott 17,728 36.7% 29,721 61.6% 827 48,276 R+24.8
Black Hawk 19,752 44.9% 23,714 53.9% 534 44,000 R+9.0
Johnson 20,180 59.4% 13,093 38.5% 710 33,983 D+20.9
Woodbury 12,824 42.6% 16,471 54.8% 784 30,079 R+12.1
Dubuque 13,431 45.8% 15,565 53.0% 356 29,352 R+7.3
Story 13,626 52.4% 11,833 45.5% 549 26,008 D+6.9
Pottawattamie 8,513 36.9% 14,189 61.5% 358 23,060 R+24.6
Clinton 6,904 40.0% 10,215 59.1% 159 17,278 R+19.2
Cerro Gordo 7,576 44.9% 9,016 53.4% 292 16,884 R+8.5
Marshall 6,968 45.6% 8,010 52.5% 288 15,266 R+6.8
Warren 6,465 45.0% 7,735 53.8% 177 14,377 R+8.8
Webster 6,282 43.7% 7,972 55.5% 120 14,374 R+11.8
Jasper 6,175 43.0% 8,021 55.8% 176 14,372 R+12.8
Des Moines 6,313 45.1% 7,435 53.1% 262 14,010 R+8.0
Dallas 5,517 43.3% 7,001 55.0% 214 12,732 R+11.7
Lee 6,118 51.4% 5,629 47.3% 162 11,909 D+4.1
Wapello 5,733 49.2% 5,560 47.7% 371 11,664 D+1.5
Muscatine 4,153 37.8% 6,633 60.4% 194 10,980 R+22.6
Sioux 1,477 13.5% 9,429 86.1% 51 10,957 R+72.6
Marion 3,740 36.5% 6,395 62.4% 113 10,248 R+25.9
Boone 4,764 49.0% 4,801 49.4% 148 9,713 R+0.4
Fayette 3,275 38.4% 5,149 60.4% 100 8,524 R+22.0
Benton 3,262 38.6% 5,038 59.6% 147 8,447 R+21.0
Bremer 3,112 37.0% 5,194 61.7% 114 8,420 R+24.7
Carroll 2,968 37.3% 4,888 61.4% 108 7,964 R+24.1
Hardin 2,916 38.8% 4,432 59.0% 163 7,511 R+20.2
Buchanan 3,151 42.0% 4,222 56.3% 132 7,505 R+14.3
Kossuth 2,383 32.1% 4,932 66.4% 109 7,424 R+34.3
Plymouth 2,368 31.9% 4,964 66.9% 85 7,417 R+35.0
Winneshiek 2,755 37.6% 4,454 60.8% 120 7,329 R+23.2
Clayton 2,698 37.3% 4,445 61.4% 93 7,236 R+24.1
Mahaska 2,158 30.9% 4,749 67.9% 85 6,992 R+37.1
Poweshiek 2,792 40.2% 4,071 58.6% 90 6,953 R+18.4
Tama 2,650 38.7% 4,100 59.8% 103 6,853 R+21.2
Jones 2,652 39.5% 3,940 58.7% 124 6,716 R+19.2
Jackson 2,760 41.1% 3,893 58.0% 60 6,713 R+16.9
Buena Vista 2,461 36.8% 4,149 62.0% 81 6,691 R+25.2
Washington 2,478 37.1% 4,093 61.3% 111 6,682 R+24.2
Henry 2,367 36.0% 4,045 61.5% 168 6,580 R+25.5
Delaware 2,177 33.7% 4,218 65.3% 68 6,463 R+31.6
Cedar 2,497 38.8% 3,826 59.5% 106 6,429 R+20.7
Hamilton 2,701 42.7% 3,511 55.5% 118 6,330 R+12.8
Clay 2,575 42.1% 3,479 56.9% 65 6,119 R+14.8
Dickinson 2,337 39.5% 3,491 59.0% 89 5,917 R+19.5
Floyd 2,553 43.5% 3,230 55.0% 91 5,874 R+11.5
Chickasaw 2,331 39.9% 3,426 58.7% 83 5,840 R+18.8
Cass 1,876 32.5% 3,795 65.7% 107 5,778 R+33.2
Iowa 2,006 35.2% 3,590 63.0% 104 5,700 R+27.8
Crawford 2,066 36.3% 3,591 63.0% 40 5,697 R+26.8
Jefferson 1,422 25.1% 3,096 54.5% 1,158 5,676 R+29.5
Harrison 1,827 33.2% 3,607 65.6% 67 5,501 R+32.4
Union 2,125 39.6% 3,149 58.7% 91 5,365 R+19.1
Madison 2,050 38.3% 3,202 59.8% 100 5,352 R+21.5
Page 1,357 25.4% 3,933 73.6% 53 5,343 R+48.2
O'Brien 1,514 28.4% 3,733 70.1% 78 5,325 R+41.7
Wright 2,077 39.2% 3,156 59.6% 59 5,292 R+20.4
Cherokee 2,113 41.0% 2,860 55.5% 176 5,149 R+14.5
Butler 1,598 31.2% 3,467 67.7% 56 5,121 R+36.5
Shelby 1,459 28.7% 3,563 70.1% 60 5,082 R+41.4
Allamakee 1,767 34.9% 3,205 63.4% 86 5,058 R+28.4
Winnebago 1,531 32.3% 3,167 66.7% 49 4,747 R+34.5
Grundy 1,400 29.5% 3,321 70.0% 21 4,742 R+40.5
Hancock 1,670 35.3% 2,986 63.1% 78 4,734 R+27.8
Appanoose 1,779 38.5% 2,793 60.5% 47 4,619 R+22.0
Keokuk 1,585 34.4% 2,890 62.7% 133 4,608 R+28.3
Guthrie 1,742 38.6% 2,699 59.8% 70 4,511 R+21.2
Calhoun 1,621 37.3% 2,651 61.0% 73 4,345 R+23.7
Mitchell 1,628 37.6% 2,640 60.9% 66 4,334 R+23.4
Franklin 1,575 37.1% 2,618 61.6% 56 4,249 R+24.5
Greene 1,736 40.9% 2,422 57.0% 88 4,246 R+16.2
Humboldt 1,490 35.1% 2,671 63.0% 78 4,239 R+27.9
Mills 1,529 36.7% 2,584 62.0% 58 4,171 R+25.3
Sac 1,568 37.9% 2,526 61.0% 46 4,140 R+23.1
Montgomery 1,369 33.9% 2,606 64.4% 69 4,044 R+30.6
Palo Alto 1,639 40.9% 2,346 58.5% 26 4,011 R+17.6
Emmet 1,586 41.5% 2,192 57.3% 47 3,825 R+15.8
Lyon 869 22.7% 2,927 76.6% 26 3,822 R+53.8
Adair 1,339 35.6% 2,378 63.2% 45 3,762 R+27.6
Howard 1,454 38.8% 2,249 60.0% 47 3,750 R+21.2
Monona 1,436 39.8% 2,112 58.6% 58 3,606 R+18.7
Lucas 1,460 40.8% 2,081 58.1% 41 3,582 R+17.3
Pocahontas 1,258 36.5% 2,138 62.0% 51 3,447 R+25.5
Clarke 1,422 42.3% 1,907 56.7% 36 3,365 R+14.4
Worth 1,334 40.9% 1,871 57.4% 54 3,259 R+16.5
Davis 1,326 41.4% 1,828 57.1% 50 3,204 R+15.7
Louisa 1,063 33.5% 2,043 64.4% 65 3,171 R+30.9
Decatur 1,446 47.6% 1,562 51.4% 28 3,036 R+3.8
Audubon 1,087 36.5% 1,872 62.9% 18 2,977 R+26.4
Ida 1,084 37.0% 1,810 61.9% 32 2,926 R+24.8
Van Buren 941 33.0% 1,859 65.1% 55 2,855 R+32.2
Wayne 1,091 38.5% 1,719 60.7% 24 2,834 R+22.2
Fremont 992 35.2% 1,782 63.2% 44 2,818 R+28.0
Monroe 1,021 37.9% 1,628 60.4% 48 2,697 R+22.5
Osceola 596 24.8% 1,788 74.4% 20 2,404 R+49.6
Ringgold 1,013 42.2% 1,351 56.3% 35 2,399 R+14.1
Taylor 866 36.2% 1,504 62.8% 23 2,393 R+26.7
Adams 897 41.4% 1,240 57.2% 30 2,167 R+15.8

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1